Data for free: Using LMS activity logs to measure community in online courses

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Black, Erik W ^a   Dawson, Kara ^a   Priem, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Data logs; Learning management systems; Prediction

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

COMMUNITY; DATA LOGS; DATA-LOGGING; GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSES; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; ON-LINE COURSES; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITIES; ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PREDICTION; REAL-TIME FEEDBACK; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; SIMPLE METHODS; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS; WEB DATA;

TEACHING;

EID: 48849095642     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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